1. أبا اتنفس دام لي بالنفس حق

    ياللي قصيدي فيك من حر الأنفاس

    I want to breathe as long as I have the right to breathe.

    O you, my verses about you come from the heat of my breath.

  2. والله يالولا عبرة الحبر الأزرق

    دمعٍ نثرته من عذابي بقرطاس

    By God, were it not for the tear of blue ink—

    Tears I scattered from my torment onto a sheet of paper—

  3. لاأقول أحبك .. لين بدموعي اشرق

    وقبل الصديق يحس بي نايد الناس

    I would say 'I love you' until I choked on my tears,

    And the most distant of people would feel for me before a friend.

  4. إلى متى .. وصلك من العمر يسرق

    دونك ودون الوصل .. بابٍ وحراس

    How long must being with you be stolen from life?

    Between me and you—between me and union—stand a door and guards.

  5. أنا فـ جبيني الشمس تظمى .. وتعرق

    وانته بشوب القيظ .. ريٍ ونسناس

    As for me, the sun thirsts and sweats on my brow;

    And you, in the heat of high summer, are relief from thirst and a gentle breeze.